GENIUS IS NEVER RECOGNISED IN ITS TIME

"Thirty years is a phenomenal amount of time. And people talk about thirty months as a long time these days, but these people created music that has lasted part of our life, and our tradition. Their songs go deeper than people give them credit for. They've entertained us, they've made us cry. They've made us rejoice, they've made us dance. That's what music does. And when you think that they don't speak English as their first language, makes us very sick to be songwriters, when you can write songs like 'The Winner Takes It All.' Unbelievable. Thirty years on, they've sold 360 million albums…ABBA, we thank you for your entertainment, for making our lives richer, and for thirty years of fabulous music."
-Pete Waterman, April 6, 2004.